Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-10-14

Daniel CaTTOH
w. ]. Rothwel, or. sal. Co School
SUPERINTENDENT. ........., oo 20
| NOTICE TO CoNTRACToRs.-Scal pro
posals will be received by the Board oil
County Commissioners al an adjourned
meeting to be held for the purpose on the
first Monday in November, tor the con
structi II of an extension of one hundred
and eight feet 10 the county bridge on the
Middle Fork of Payctle river; also lcvee
for the same of three hundred and forty
seven fe in length, and also tor ieveiing
the old bridge. parties bidding to furnish
their own plans and specifications, the
Board reseiying The right to accept or re-
iect any or all bids. All bids To be re
ceiyed nj Auditors office on or before 10
O'Clock A. NJ. on that day
TO be concluded in Tuesdays WoRLD)
GaoRag ALEXANDER writes to the
WORLD as follows, from Rocky Bar,
under date of Oct. Sth;
. 81 came to Rocky Bar to-day and
learned that Simmons passed through
here last night for Atlanta. There
were no signs of his trail the way
came. How he got here ! cannot
find out. He did not tell any one.
/, Simmons is the man who left here
/, week ago last Monday, with Mr.
) Alexander, each with two pack am
} mails, the latter in the lead. When
) Mr.. Alexander reached the summit
! between this place and Boise River
O he waited for sometime for Summons
y aud finally, concluding that something
5 had gone wrong, started on his re
. turn, aud couple of miles this sid'
a of the summit found the two pack
Q seattle red along the trail, but foun'
d no trace of Summons, his saddle horse
% nor the two pack animals. Mr.. Alex
2 ander came on to town, and learning
that Simmons had not come back
4 returned and hunted two days fo
him, and found the pack animals o
. Meadow creek. Mr.. Alexander agai
ie returned to town, and party of min
~ horsemen went back with him an
secured the hills, but found no trac
- Of the missing man. Mr.. Alexandt
23 then returned to his place on MIDI
80 Boise, and hearing nothing from SIN
- mons, sent a man to this place to r.
port. He continued to search (,
as Simmons, and went over to Rock
a. Bar, and there learned, as stated
IA his letter, that the "lost man" hs
20 20 passed through there for Atlant
81 We think there are circumstanc
90 sometimes under which a man is pc
80 fectly unsuitable in violating t
statute that says "thou shalt not poul
:, with thy fist the physiog OF thy fellt
ara man nor wallup the earth with
md manly FORM" or words to that etfe
IAN but if George Alexander shou
,ars commit what is known in legal p'
lance as an assault and battery, a
"a ON the person Of the aforesaid s.,
mons, and in the most approved a
vigorous style of the pugilistic art,
'"'' would do just exactly right, and
fol- paying debt he justly owes Simm'
are for his escapade, unless the latter {
nds show some good cause for skipp
out and leaving Alexander to h
for him, which he did until he '
= 40 completely worn out from incess
travel for several days, and want
a On sleep. There is now no cause I
can be assigned for Simmons actic
o 90 or any justifable excuse, visible
the naked eye, that he can OF
. AZ His actions, as the case now stal
n m will have to come under the head
B rs "pure cussedness.n